Baseball & Softball, Sports - General & Miscellaneous, Quotations & Speeches

The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary

Name: The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary
Author: David H. Nathan
ISBN: 9780786408887

by David H. Nathan

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Overview

"I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of a soft drink."—Joe Dimaggio. The author has more than doubled the number of hardball lines, quips, quibbles, exclamations and sagacious sallies (4,271 versus 2,023) from the well reviewed earlier edition, which featured a "good index" (ARBA), as it does again. From the historical to the hysterical, Hall of Fame legends to long-forgotten bench jockies, this work compiles the best lines from the entire spectrum of baseball. Quotations are arranged under several dozen topics, from "Aging Gracefully" to "Yogi-isms" (and include the straightforward, like "Base Running" or "Home Runs," to the more fanciful, like "Anger Management" and "Looks Aren't Everything"). Detailed ascriptions for each quotation provide context and elaboration. Thorough name and narrow subject indexes allow for easy access.

About the Author, David H. Nathan

David H. Nathan of Bellaire, Texas, has written for several newspapers and publications including USA Today Baseball Weekly, STL, New York Mets Inside Pitch, Referee, Elysian Fields Quarterly, MPLS, and Sports Collectors Digest. Also a playwright, he teaches English at Lamar High School in Houston.